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U.S. drops COVID vaccine recommendations for healthy children, pregnant women
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- duxup 1y agoAre all these changes being made with scientific input and discussion or ... just a political appointee making the call on their own?
- ceejayoz 1y agoWe all know the answer to that. These changes are being made against the loud objections of the relevant experts.
- cempaka 1y ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 1y agoThe CDC seems convinced of it? > Studies with hundreds of thousands of people around the world show that COVID-19 vaccination before and during pregnancy is safe, effective, and beneficial to both the pregnant woman and the baby, according to the CDC's website.
- cempaka 1y agoI was more interested in healthy children, but, that's the case for pregnant women? What exactly is the quantified benefit to babies, and how was it measured?
- ceejayoz 1y agoIf you're genuinely interested, https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/pregnant-or-breastfeeding.html https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/pregnant-or-breastfeeding... cites plenty of specific studies. For example: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30052-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30052-w > The risk of stillbirth was significantly lower in the vaccinated cohort by 15% (pooled OR 0·85; 95% CI 0·73–0·99, 66,067 vaccinated vs. 424,624 unvaccinated, I2 = 93·9%).
- classichasclass 1y agoThe policy was released prior to VRBPAC or ACIP meeting, and no input from either. This has an obvious impact on annual formulation, but FDA staff were unable to answer questions from the panel on it ( https://apnews.com/article/fda-vaccines-covid-boosters-kennedy-244bdc80f825f953782d35f68798d885 https://apnews.com/article/fda-vaccines-covid-boosters-kenne... ).
- reify 1y ago[flagged]